Billon built a new, proprietary DLT technology, which is the first to: a. Digitise national currencies (e.g. GBP) b. Store encrypted documents on-chain (e.g. PDF) c. Combine identity, money, and data on the same platform The technology is optimized for regulated institutional use as a scalable private, permissioned DLT (outperforming cryptocurrency adaptations). It is fully regulatory compliant for both money and document applications.
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6 months, 1 week
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/08/iwoca-an...
iwoca and Billon land funding via UK’s Future Fund - FinTech Futures
Fintech start-ups iwoca and Billon have landed funding via the UK government’s Future Fund scheme, which is set to close in September.
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6 months, 1 week
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/36447/bill...
Billon lands £2 million in fresh funding
Billon, the British/Polish fintech which uses distributed ledger technology to tokenise national currencies, has raised £2 million in funding with support from the UK Government's Future Fund Scheme.
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6 months, 1 week
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/08/165576...
DLT Firm Billon Group Raises £2 Million Under Future Fund Scheme
Billon Group Ltd. has raised £2 million supported by the Future Fund scheme, a COVID support program designed to help struggling early stage UK firms. According to the company, Billon secured investment commitments from angel investors and VCs of £1 million matched by the UK
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8 months, 1 week
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/06/163352...
Billon Group Receives Grant to Develop COVID-19 Immunity Certificates Using Blockchain
Billon Group has received a £50,000 grant to create an immunity certificate platform using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The funding came via a Fast Start Competition by Innovate UK. The goal is to speed up and support workers' return to a safe workplace. Billon group
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8 months, 1 week
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/83074/bil...
Billon wins UK grant to develop Covid-19 training and immunity certificates on distributed ledger
Billon Group received a £50,000 grant in the Fast Start Competition by Innovate UK to build a distributed ledger platform to store COVID-19 related certificates to support workers’ safe return to the workplace.
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9 months
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/06/why-raif...
Why Raiffeisen Bank is taking digital currency into its own hands
The bank is working with Billon to build its own tokenisation platform.
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/05/billon-p...
Billon pilots digitised national currency with Raiffeisen Bank
If successful, the project could be deployed to RBI's CEE countries.
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/35860/raif...
Raiffeisen Bank to pilot digital currency
Austria's Raiffeisen Bank is to pilot the use of digital currency for money transfers and custody with corporate and institutional clients after a successful proof-of-concept with British-Polish fintech BIllon.
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/austrian-bank-ra...
Austrian Bank Raiffeisen Works on National Digital Currency Pilot
Raiffeisen Bank International is extending collaboration with Polish-British fintech Billon for a new form of DLT-based national currency tokenization
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10 months, 2 weeks
https://cointelegraph.com/news/retail-banks-in-...
Retail Banks in Poland Launch BIK’s Blockchain-Based Client Data Tool
Polish Credit Bureau launched commercial use of its blockchain-based customer data platform for retail banks.
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11 months, 1 week
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/03/159369...
Distributed Ledger Technology: Billon Group Riases $6 Million Series A
Billon Group has now raised over $16 million with a recent Series A funding round of $6 million. This newest capital investment was led by Billon CEO Wojtek Kostrzewa with participation from FIS, Rising Tide, Mencey Capital, VCF III, existing investors and more. Billon is
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Kodak Reveals New Blockchain-Based Document Management System
According to Kodak, its blockchain document management platform can help organizations achieve cost savings of up to 40%.
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1 year, 9 months
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/05/147502...
Billon Solutions Partners with University of Warsaw on Blockchain Development
Billon Solutions, a subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Research on Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology, operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. According to Billon, the agreement will
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1 year, 9 months
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/78444/bil...
Billon and Microsoft to work with Poland’s top university to bring DLT into academia
Billon Solutions sp. z o. o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Research on Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology, operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.
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1 year, 9 months
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Polish fintech Billon gets two million-euro Horizon 2020 boost - Emerging Europe
Billon, a Polish-British fintech company, has been awarded approximately two million euros in funding from the European Commission’s SME Instrument programme, part of the Horizon 2020 framework. The company plans to use the funds to complete the build and commercialisation of its B4TDM (Blockchain for Trusted Document Management) solution for global adoption, using a proprietary …
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1 year, 9 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fintech-firm-bil...
Fintech Firm Billion Seals $2.1 Mln European Commission Grant for Blockchain System
Billon has reportedly sealed an almost €2 million grant from the European Commission’s SME Instrument program.
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1 year, 9 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fintech-firm-bil...
Fintech Firm Billion Seals $2.1 Mln European Commission Grant for Blockchain System
Billon has reportedly sealed an almost €2 million grant from the European Commission’s SME Instrument program.
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1 year, 9 months
https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/billon-a-briti...
Billon, a British-Polish Fintech, Successfully Secures EU Grant of $2.1M for Document Management Solution
Billion, A British-Polish Fintech Successfully Receives EU Grant Of $2.1 Million To Create Document Management Solution Billion, operating as a joint Polish and British Fintech company, has officially been awarded a £2.1 million grant in order to work on and develop its decentralized, blockchain supported document management solution. The total grant was given to the company by the European Commission and its SME Instrument Program. Billion has, for some time, been working on the development of its own proprietary distributed ledger system known as Blockchain for Trusted Document Management [or B4TDM for shorter hand]. Through the application of this solution, it will allow users to store, sign and subsequently share various electronic documents that it processes. Along with digitizing the entire process of documentation and storage, Billion's solution will offer companies a way in which to encrypt their documents and customize who is able to access various documents. The £2.1 million
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1 year, 9 months
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blockchain-finte...
Blockchain fintech Billon receives $2.1 million grant from EU to develop document management system
Polish-British fintech Billon has been awarded an almost €2 million (~$2.1 million) grant from the European Commission’s SME Instrument program to develop a blockchain document management system, the company announced in a press release.The post Blockchain fintech Billon receives $2.1 million grant from
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1 year, 10 months
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/78138/bil...
Billon gets Polish e-money institution regulatory approval
Billon Solutions Sp. z o.o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, obtained permission from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego - KNF) to operate as a registered electronic money institution. This is the first permit of this type issued in Poland.